Fire erupts outside restaurant on Oakland Avenue

An electric fire outside the Oishii Bento restaurant on Oakland Avenue shut down Forbes and… An electric fire outside the Oishii Bento restaurant on Oakland Avenue shut down Forbes and Fifth avenues for about two hours Wednesday evening.

The fire broke out at about 8 p.m. at the second-story level of the building and spread to the second floor of Oishii Bento and the nail parlor next door. Firefighters broke windows in the second story of Oishii, which serves Korean and Japanese food, in order to enter the building.According to authorities at the scene, no injuries were reported.

Dan Jeong, a senior natural science major and employee at Oishii, said the fire began with a sudden power outage and a few sparks but soon erupted into a full blaze.

Around 10:30 p.m., firefighters extinguished the last flames still burning on the power lines outside the building. Detective John Gilkey of the Pittsburgh Arson Investigation Team said the investigation into how the fire spread into Oishii is still ongoing.